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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      French politics
      Smaller crowds turn out at French pension reform protests

      Universities and tourist sites closed as government rejects unions’ idea of mediation to alleviate crisis

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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Global InsightLeila Abboud
      The jilted ally behind Macron’s pensions crisis

      No French president has passed reforms by ignoring Laurent Berger’s CFDT union

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      French politics
      France braced for fresh protests testing Macron’s handling of crisis

      Unions to hold another day of strikes on Tuesday after violent outbursts at recent demonstrations

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Macron confronts a mistrustful France Premium content

      Battle over pensions reform points to deeper social and political cleavages in a discontented republic

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      French politics
      King Charles’s state visit to France postponed as pension protests intensify

      Symbolic trip delayed amid large-scale demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s reforms

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      French politics
      French protest against Macron’s ‘provocation’ on pensions

      President fails to quell public anger after comparing some demonstrators to US Capitol rioters

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      News in-depthFrench politics
      ‘Master of clocks’: can Macron wait out a crisis of his own making?

      The French president is playing for time but his ability to deliver on his reform agenda has already been compromised

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      French politics
      Macron holds firm on pensions reform in face of public anger

      President says unpopular changes are a ‘necessity’ and are likely to take effect by the end of the year

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      French politics
      Macron government survives no-confidence votes over pensions

      French president’s decision to over-rule lawmakers on retirement age has sparked public anger

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      French politics
      Protests mount as Macron faces no-confidence vote on pensions reform

      Riot police deploy water cannon and tear gas as 540 arrested over three days of demonstrations

    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Macron’s pension reform muddle

      No matter the merits of his plan, France’s president erred in using special powers

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      News in-depthEurope
      Macron’s risky move on pensions: a gambit too far?

      In the face of a no-confidence vote and more protests, the French president is betting he can emerge stronger

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      French politics
      Macron to force pension reform without vote as protests sweep France

      Government risks a no-confidence vote and further backlash on the streets

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak to seek Macron’s co-operation on curbing Channel crossings

      UK prime minister will urge French president to support a deal on returning migrants at a summit on Friday

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A welcome Anglo-French rapprochement

      Paris summit could provide a template for a broader UK reset with European partners

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      News in-depthUK foreign policy
      France and UK aim to draw a line under post-Brexit tensions

      First Franco-British summit in five years will focus on resetting relations plus migration and defence issues

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Europe
      French strikes over pension reform move into ‘higher gear’

      Trade unions increase pressure on Emmanuel Macron to abandon bid to raise retirement age

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Moral Money
      If a tree doesn’t fall in a forest, should Gabon get paid? Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, French asset managers lead on biodiversity-focused funds

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      French politics
      Macron embarks on African tour as France seeks to redefine its role

      New chapter that follows end of its decade-long anti-terror operation complicated by competition from Russia and China

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      Sylvie Kauffmann
      Emmanuel Macron must reset France’s Africa policy

      The old colonial power faces competition for influence on the continent, notably from China and Russia

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      Italian politics
      Italy’s PM upset by ‘inappropriate’ French-German meeting with Zelenskyy

      Meloni says late-night soirée between Macron, Scholz and Ukraine’s leader did not help ‘unity’

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      French politics
      Macron’s pension reform meets stiff resistance in parliament

      France’s president faces hardening opposition to raising the retirement age as strikes continue

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Global InsightLeila Abboud
      Blame the billionaires? French left protests against Macron’s pension reform

      Leftwing critics target Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest man, arguing that raising the retirement age is unfair

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      France open to sending fighter jets to Ukraine

      President Emmanuel Macron says ‘nothing is excluded’ after US rules out supplying F-16s

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      French politics
      Macron and Scholz meet in bid to improve strained relations

      German and French leaders pledge to strengthen EU and continue to back Ukraine

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